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HER Number: | MDV122261 |
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Name: | Enclosure with platform on Hamel Down, Manaton |
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Summary
An enclosure containing a possible building platform on the lower west slope of Hamel Down. The platform is visible as a semi-circular level area with a scatter of stones.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 695 798 |
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Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Manaton |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NE105
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 915398
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BUILDING PLATFORM (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1308-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Ordnance Survey, 1972, OS/72/104, 096 (Aerial Photograph). SDV219521.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
An enclosure with a possible hut circle in the south-east corner, visible at SX 661752 on 1972 aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(26/03/1990) SX 6959 7982. Possible building platform cut into a strip between lynchets on a moderate W slope towards the foot of Hamel Down. The feature is created by a curving stony scarp 1.5m high on the uphill side and the lower lynchet of the strip on the downhill side, giving a level semi-circular area with maximum dimensions of 13m (N to S) by 6m. The lynchet on the lower side is split along its axis creating a double feature, the upper part a slope, the lower part a stony bank up to 1.4m high. The space between may have allowed access to the platform. There is a small heap of hand-sized cleared stone, 2m in diameter and 0.5m high, inside the stance and two outside to the S.
The platform looks too regular to be simply a quarry for the small stones which abound in the topsoil here but shows no trace of any structure erected upon it. It could have been of semi-permanent nature, a stance for the temporary storage of agricultural equipment or produce associated with use of the field system SX 67 NE 111 in which it was placed.
Surveyed at 1:2500, plan with SX 67 NE 111.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Depicted on the digital survey data.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1308-9. |
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SDV219521 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. OS/72/104. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 096. |
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SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #112099 ] |
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SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. P. Pattison. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV26195 | Related to: Enclosure on Hamel Down (Monument) |
MDV5990 | Related to: Hut circles on Hamel Down (Monument) |
MDV55821 | Related to: Ruined building in fields near Challacombe, Manaton (Building) |
MDV6061 | Related to: STRIP FIELD in the Parish of Manaton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
Date Last Edited: | Jan 31 2022 12:08PM |
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